CLEMON, JOE LOUIS Joe Louis, Clemon, age 63, died on November 18, 2007. He was a foot soldier in the Birmingham civil rights movement. In his senior year at Westfield High School, Joe led a group of students to Dr. Martin Luther King's demonstrations in downtown Birmingham. Assigned to desegregate the all-white restaurant of Holiday Inn Motel, his group was arrested when it non-violently refused to leave the premises without being served. In the spring of 1963, he was jailed for more than two weeks, during which from the same jail Dr. King wrote his legendary "Letter from the Birmingham Jail." His "sit-in" conviction was the lead case testing the constitutionality of Alabama's trespass law in the context of the Birmingham demonstrations. It is reported in the law books as Clemons v. City of Birmingham, 171 So.2d 456 (Ala.1965). Joe lived most of his adult life in Los Angeles. He is survived by three children: Greta Alicia (Kendric) Knox of Los Angeles, Juan Joe Johnson of Boston, and Dante (LaShandra) Johnson of Birmingham; three grandchildren; two sisters: Arnese Clemon of Los Angeles and Kate Ruth Clemon Thomas of Birmingham; one brother: U.W. (Barbara) Clemon of Birmingham; and many other relatives and friends. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 24, at 1:00 p.m., Jones Chapel AME Church, 225-57th Street, Fairfield. The family is extremely grateful to the UAB Liver Unit and its palliative care section for the extraordinary services extended to Joe in his last days. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that contributions be made to the UAB Minority Health & Research Center, BDB 479, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham 35294-0012.